"Margaret von B." wrote in message
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"Schizoid Man" wrote in message
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I'm tired of my Marantz integrated and my Cambridge Audio CD player. I
want to upgrade my system piece meal and wanted to start with the amp.

I want to replace my speakers at some point in the future too, so I
thought perfect opportunity to swap an integrated for a pre/power combo.

I'm looking for a relatively cheap used power amp right now - eBay and
Audiogon are my destinations. I was thinking about the Adcom GFA-545 II.
Any opinions or experiences with this? It's got pretty decent reviews on
audioreview.com.

Any other recommendations? I suppose the type of brands I am limited to
are Rotel, NAD, Adcom, maybe Arcam. Ideally I would like to not spend
more
than $275 to $300 on each unit, hence my desire to buy used.


The Pass designs are very, very good. Some of the other stuff sucks, like
the early GFA555 power amp. Just awful.

Cheers,

Margaret

That's what I think.
The Pass designs are at least passable.